Should I start Darnell Washington or Darnell Mooney in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Darnell Washington's market-based projection is 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Darnell Mooney's market-based projection is 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Mooney, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 55 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darnell Mooney scored 5.5 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 0.9 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 and Darnell Mooney WR79, which are two different ladders.

Darnell Washington is a tight end and Darnell Mooney a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 and Darnell Mooney in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.